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The PLO pioneered the tactic of operating in civilian surroundings during the Israel–PLO War in Lebanon in 1982. Testimony of this exploitation of innocent civilians came from the Lebanese who in effect were the hostages, "Palestinian fighters took their guns placed them next to our [Lebanese civilian] homes, next to apartment blocks and hospitals and schools. At their own Ayn Hilweh camp the Palestinians actually put their guns on the roof of the hospitals."</blockquote></ref><ref name=minister>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7YgiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v6oFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4952,3652451&hl=en Viewpoint. Inside Lebanon: A Minister's View. Sumter Daily Item - Jan 29, 1983]

The PLO pioneered the tactic of operating in civilian surroundings during the Israel–PLO War in Lebanon in 1982. Testimony of this exploitation of innocent civilians came from the Lebanese who in effect were the hostages, "Palestinian fighters took their guns placed them next to our [Lebanese civilian] homes, next to apartment blocks and hospitals and schools. At their own Ayn Hilweh camp the Palestinians actually put their guns on the roof of the hospitals."</blockquote></ref><ref name=minister>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7YgiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v6oFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4952,3652451&hl=en Viewpoint. Inside Lebanon: A Minister's View. Sumter Daily Item - Jan 29, 1983]

<blockquote>We saw the PLO headquarters in Sidon, built near the town square, but underground, beneath a large and popular amusement park (complete with ferris wheel and roller coaster), '''hiding beneath the skirts of women. We saw the Moslem hospital which the PLO used as an armament depot, marking their crates of live ammunition with the symbol of the Palestine Red Crescent (the local version of the Red Cross, and whose chairman is the brother of Yassar Arafat'''; most of the tragically inflated statistics on civilian casualties in Lebanon were provided by the Palestine Red Crescent issued without confirmation by the International Red Cross, which has since discovered how it was manipulated and has issued a formal retraction of the civilian casualty statistics). We talked with young men and old men in the streets of Sidon, candidly and happily. They told us how glad they are to have the Israeli army come in, how their freedom has been restored after eight years. '''They called the Israeli army "the army of liberation".''' Nowhere could we find a dissenting opinion.</blockquote></ref>

<blockquote>We saw the PLO headquarters in Sidon, built near the town square, but underground, beneath a large and popular amusement park (complete with ferris wheel and roller coaster), '''hiding beneath the skirts of women. We saw the Moslem hospital which the PLO used as an armament depot, marking their crates of live ammunition with the symbol of the Palestine Red Crescent (the local version of the Red Cross, and whose chairman is the brother of Yassar Arafat'''; most of the tragically inflated statistics on civilian casualties in Lebanon were provided by the Palestine Red Crescent issued without confirmation by the International Red Cross, which has since discovered how it was manipulated and has issued a formal retraction of the civilian casualty statistics). We talked with young men and old men in the streets of Sidon, candidly and happily. They told us how glad they are to have the Israeli army come in, how their freedom has been restored after eight years. '''They called the Israeli army "the army of liberation".''' Nowhere could we find a dissenting opinion.</blockquote></ref>

 

It has unfortunately caused many deaths while "successfully" duped the media or/and many reporters have played along.  

It has unfortunately caused many deaths while "successfully" duped the media or/and many reporters have played along.  

Thirdly, it was clear that Hamas was launching rockets out of populated civilian areas, but the organization demanded that the press photographers not document the launch sites, so as to not expose their tactic, nor disclose the location of the launchers.

Thirdly, it was clear that Hamas was launching rockets out of populated civilian areas, but the organization demanded that the press photographers not document the launch sites, so as to not expose their tactic, nor disclose the location of the launchers.

The reporter requested that his name not be used.</blockquote></ref> and even threatened journalists reporting about it.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/operation-protective-edge/journalists-threatened-by-hamas-for-reporting-use-of-human-shields-369619 Journalists threatened by Hamas for reporting use of human shields], Lahav Harkov, JPost, Jul 31, 2014.

The reporter requested that his name not be used.</blockquote></ref> and has even threatened journalists reporting about it.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/operation-protective-edge/journalists-threatened-by-hamas-for-reporting-use-of-human-shields-369619 Journalists threatened by Hamas for reporting use of human shields], Lahav Harkov, JPost, Jul 31, 2014.

''Foreign correspondents asked to leave enclave for social media posts on Hamas' utilization of civilian sites to attack Israel.''</ref>

''Foreign correspondents asked to leave enclave for social media posts on Hamas' utilization of civilian sites to attack Israel.''</ref>